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8 May 2012, 1:16 pm
Yet, our state legislature has seen fit to adapt the speed limit rules for semi-truck drivers despite the fact that 18-wheelers are harder to control and more difficult to stop at higher speeds. [read post]
8 May 2012, 8:08 am by Michelle O'Neil
Statutes: Texas family law statutes are revised every two years when the Texas Legislature meets. [read post]
8 May 2012, 7:39 am by Travis Crabtree
Specifically, the Texas Attorney General’s opinion stated:  Subsection 47.01(1) of the Penal Code defines “bet” to mean “an agreement to win or lose something of value solely or partially by chance. [read post]
8 May 2012, 7:39 am by Travis Crabtree
Specifically, the Texas Attorney General’s opinion stated:  Subsection 47.01(1) of the Penal Code defines “bet” to mean “an agreement to win or lose something of value solely or partially by chance. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:26 am by P.J. Blount
– PJ Media Hawaii State Legislature Passes Spaceport, Lunar Research and Development Bills – Spaceports Questions about North Korea’s Unha-3 Failure – All Things Nuclear Does Texas want a SpaceX spaceport? [read post]
7 May 2012, 5:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
She convinced a majority of CCA judges to side with her against Charlie Baird, but the following year the Legislature created the state's DNA testing statute in rebuke (Ch. 64 of the Code of Criminal Procedure). [read post]
6 May 2012, 12:57 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
After the Texas Legislature finished its budget cutting last year and the dust finally settled, a whopping 39% of Texas state employee reductions in the last year came from two agencies: the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and the recently merged Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD).TDCJ lost 2,035 FTEs (full-time equivalent positions), and TJJD lost 816.5, according to a recent state auditor's report (pdf). [read post]
6 May 2012, 11:57 am by Mark S. Humphreys
Texas Insurance Code, Section 1952.152, states that PIP coverage in automatically in every policy issued in Texas unless it is rejected in writing. [read post]
6 May 2012, 11:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I was amazed to read that, at Hank Skinner's hearing before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals seeking DNA testing under Chapter 64 of Texas' Code of Criminal Procedure, the State argued that the Legislature didn't intend to grant relief in situations like this one. [read post]
6 May 2012, 7:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
What can the Texas Legislature do to reduce prosecutorial misconduct? [read post]
5 May 2012, 11:23 pm
House Bill 3328 has already been passed by the Texas state legislature and signed by Governor Perry. [read post]
3 May 2012, 10:00 am by Michael Seay
Obviously, it’s way too early to predict whether the Legislature is even seriously considering such a radical shift in the tax base. [read post]
3 May 2012, 3:05 am by Bob Kraft
In 2003, the state Legislature enacted significant changes limiting the amount of damages for pain and suffering that plaintiffs could recover in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
3 May 2012, 2:54 am by Bob Kraft
In 2003, the state Legislature enacted significant changes limiting the amount of damages for pain and suffering that plaintiffs could recover in medical malpractice cases. [read post]
1 May 2012, 12:17 pm by Charles Johnson
MDMA is a “mood elevator” that produces a relaxed, euphoric state. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 5:23 pm by Sandy Levinson
I want to bring to your attention a quite remarkable book published in 2010 by my University of Texas colleague Gary Jacobsohn, which I recnetly reread in preparation for a mini-symposium held at the University of Texas Law School in its honor. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 9:00 am by Bryan Fears
Passed by the state legislature and enforced by capable lawyers and victims’ families, the wrongful death statute allows next-of-kin to maintain a cause of action that their loved one would have filed but for the result of his or her suffering. [read post]